swordfel wrote:
heh, yea i know its kind of a pointless question, i was just wondering. changing it is probably DEFINITELY more trouble than it's worth 
Fixed.
I imagine whoever made this naming decision way back when is no longer around, so we may never know ... I like to think of it as a reminder that Norrath is, of course, a magical world and not at all the same as our Earth. Here, gold is rare -- but there? Who knows, maybe it's common as dirt.
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